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Coventry PCT boss appointed to cluster role
WORKFORCE: NHS Coventry’s chief executive has been appointed to the top role in the cluster
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Worcestershire PCT boss gets top Midlands cluster job
WORKFORCE: Worcestershire’s chief executive has been appointed to the top role at the West Mercia primary care trust cluster.
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Stoke on Trent chief appointed to top Midlands cluster role
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of NHS Stoke on Trent has been appointed to the top position in the Staffordshire primary care trust cluster.
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Sandwell chief executive appointed to top Midlands cluster role
WORKFORCE: The current chief executive of NHS Sandwell has been appointed to the top job in the Black Country primary care trust cluster.
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NewsFormer Blair health adviser returns to Cameron's number 10
A consultant who led the health targets and finances team of Tony Blair’s delivery unit has been appointed as the new health adviser to 10 Downing Street.
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CommentStephen Eames: it's time to embrace disruption
We are entering a new phase of reform which some see as reckless tampering and others as the natural evolution of the NHS from a superstate behemoth to a consumer-driven 21st century business.
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NewsReport into C diff deaths at hospital delayed
The results of an inquiry into a hospital bug outbreak that claimed 18 lives will be delayed by more than a year.
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NewsGP appointment frustrations revealed
Hundreds of thousands of people cannot book GP appointments because none are available, or struggle to get through to their surgery on the phone, according to a new survey.
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NewsGPs 'to become change agents' - Lord Warner
The government’s planned reforms will “throw down the gauntlet to clinicians and give them their head to produce significant change”, according to the coalition-appointed chair of the Social Care Funding Commission.
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CommentCan GPs become agents of change, or will they remain gatekeepers?
In my forthcoming book on the NHS and reform, I have devoted a chapter to trying to answer the question of whether GPs can move from gatekeepers to change agents. Andrew Lansley’s reforms pose the same question along with others – do a sufficient number of them want to make ...
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HSJ KnowledgeA helping hand for NHS values: leadership needs to reinvigorate culture of care
Last month’s health ombudsman’s report revealed how the NHS has the potential to fall dramatically short of its values and commitments when the principles of care are forgotten. Leadership needs to step in now, suggests Gemma Pearson, to create a culture of care that will ensure repeat incidents are avoided.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe implications of getting new complaints processes right - and wrong
A more flexible, service user-centred complaint handling system introduced nearly two years ago is still have potentially damaging implications for trusts failing to handle the processes correctly. Andrew Craggs, partner at Hill Dickinson, examines the importance of handling complaints correctly under the new rules.
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NewsWest Midlands cluster chiefs announced
NHS West Midlands has announced who will be leading the region’s five primary care trust clusters.
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HSJ KnowledgeA golden opportunity to reshape workforce planning, education and training
HSJ readers are urged to participate in the consultation on creating a workforce for the new NHS, says Department of Health director general of workforce Clare Chapman.
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HSJ KnowledgeWorking as a team for better quality and safety in the operating theatre
Error in health service delivery causes an average of 354 “untoward incidents” each day. To bring this down, the challenge is to shift the focus from a blame culture to one of identifying opportunities to improve processes. Finnamore consultant Lucy Reynolds and University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwick trust’s Anne ...
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CommentMedia watch: Lib Dems' wash hands of reforms in spring conference
The papers this week were full of the Liberal Democrat spring conference’s rejection of the government’s health reforms.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: what will the year end yield for trust finances?
Ever wondered why financial years begin in April? It’s the crop cycle.
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CommentWhat will the private sector do with failed hospitals?
The setting of a final deadline for NHS trusts to apply for foundation status is certainly focusing minds and starting to move long-postponed jobs out of the “too hard” tray, but the unpalatable truth is that some trusts are not going to make it by the drop-dead date of 1 ...
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NewsDozens of consortia match PCT area
Nearly half of primary care trusts are expecting a single commissioning consortium to span the same geographical area that they currently cover.
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Pace of consortia handovers varying widely
A quarter of primary care trusts are racing ahead to hand over commissioning budgets while a third have no clear plans to “let go”.